If you'd like to readup more on the Atari ST architecture, GEM, AES and
DRI's role with Atari and TOS, go to the Atari History Museum Technical
Documents Archives, here's a link directly into the Atari 16/32 bit Systems
section:
Curt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Smith" <csmith(a)amdocs.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 12:30 PM
Subject: RE: GEM-OS
-----Original
Message-----
From: Gene Buckle [mailto:geneb@deltasoft.com]
> Atari is the major exception (in that TOS is
actually based on
> CP/M...
Huh? AFAIK, TOS is the ROM code that was the
Atari
equivalent to the PC
GEM AES (application environment services) as well as some
other low-level
support routines.
Well, this comes from reading, and not from first hand experience,
so I could bw wrong, as always. (Not that I'm always wrong, but I
could be... ;)
I thought that they were supposed to have used a good chunk of CP/M
source in creating TOS, though.
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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